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Tribute To Goodluck Jonathan At 63

November 20, 2019 3:33 am

Dear Brother, on your 60th birthday, I wrote you an open letter titled, To My Brother, A Man Of Courage, Happy Birthday!. Two years have gone by since then and today you are 62 years. Happy birthday brother again! As I was a witness to your Presidency story, I have promised to tell it in instalments, as much as I know it. On your 62nd birthday, I am minded writing you another piece: ‘My Brother And His Civil Society,’ as part-fulfilment of my promise. As it is customary in your nature, you may not again find this palatable, but you …

2019 Budget: House Directs NDDC to Suspend All Payments

November 20, 2019 3:30 am

The House of Representatives has directed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to suspend all payments with immediate effect, except for personnel cost for allegedly operating the 2019 fiscal year without a budget approved by the National Assembly.

The directive followed the adoption of a motion on the urgent need to investigate the failure and refusal of NDDC to submit its budget estimates for 2019 to the National Assembly for approval brought by Hon. Benjamin Kalu.

The House also summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio to explain to the House why the commission has been spending …

Senate, Reps Face Off Threatens 2020 Budget

November 20, 2019 3:29 am

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Finance Bills, yesterday, suffered a major setback following a face off between the Senate and House of Representatives committees on finance.

Committee members from the House of Representatives boycotted the public hearing held by the Senate Committee on Finance.

Daily Sun learnt that the aggrieved lawmakers were alleging that they were sidelined by the Senate Committee on Finance in the run up to the hearing.

They also claimed that funding of the hearing was shrouded in secrecy.

The aggrieved lawmakers said they were not briefed on how much was approved for the exercise.

It was gathered …

Army

Crocodile Smile 4: Quit Or Be Crushed, Army To Criminals

November 20, 2019 3:28 am

The Nigerian Army has commenced Exercise Crocodile Smile 4 in Lagos and Ogun states and has also handed down and immediate quit order to criminals operating in these states to vacate the areas or be crushed.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, who gave the warning said Exercise Crocodile Smile 4 operatives will not hesitate to deal ruthlessly with criminals, including armed robbers and pipeline vandals within the Lagos and Ogun axis.

General Buratai spoke at the commencement of the Exercise, saying that it will be intelligence driven with the aim of smoking out criminals from their …

Boy Or Girl? US Parents Go Too Far In Gender Reveals

November 19, 2019 5:05 pm

A plane crash in Texas, a deadly explosion in Iowa, a massive fire in Arizona — elaborate baby gender reveal parties, a growing trend among parents in the US, have taken a nightmarish turn.

“It’s a girl!” After dropping 350 gallons of pink-colored water, a small plane flying at low altitude suddenly stalled, crashing in a Texas field.

There were, fortunately, no victims in the early-September crash, but another such party — where expecting parents stage elaborate events to reveal their future child’s sex — turned fatal when an Iowa woman, 56, was killed the following month by shrapnel …

Maradona Quits As Coach Of Argentina’s Gimnasia

November 19, 2019 4:54 pm

Diego Maradona has quit as coach of Argentinian Superliga side Gimnasia, less than three months after taking over, the club announced on Tuesday.

“Maradona is no longer the Gimnasia coach,” club president Gabriel Pellegrino said on Argentina’s Radio La Red.

“He said he was here to add to things, not to divide,” was Pellegrino’s explanation for the World Cup-winner’s decision.

Reports in Argentina suggested Maradona’s departure was linked to an imminent management shake-up at the club in La Plata, 50 kilometres from Buenos Aires.

Maradona was no longer keen on remaining at the club after Pellegrino, the man who brought …

Protests

UN ‘Alarmed’ Dozens May Be Dead In Iran Protests

November 19, 2019 4:53 pm

The United Nations voiced alarm Tuesday at reports dozens may have been killed in Iranian demonstrations, as the Islamic republic said it would unblock the internet only once calm has been restored.

Amnesty International said more than 100 demonstrators were believed to have been killed across Iran in five days since security forces were ordered to “crush” the protests triggered by fuel price rises.

Iran’s economy has been battered since May last year when the United States unilaterally withdrew from a 2015 nuclear agreement and reimposed crippling sanctions.

Iran’s shock decision to increase fuel prices Friday sparked the protests in …

Ihedioha

Appeal Court Affirms Ihedioha’s Election As Imo Governor

November 19, 2019 3:09 pm

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday upheld the election of Emeka Ihedioha as Governor of Imo State.

The five-member panel in separate judgments dismissed the three appeals filed by the Action Alliance and its governorship candidate, Uche Nwosu, All Progressive Congress and its governorship candidate, Hope Uzodinma and that of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Ifeanyi Ararume.

While that of the AA and APGA were dismissed in a unanimous judgment, that of APC was dismissed in a four-to-one split judgment.

The appellate court held that the appellants failed to establish corrupt malpractices, non compliance with the electoral …

Atiku’s Aide Umar Pariya Found Dead In Dubai

November 19, 2019 12:39 pm

Former Nigeria vice president Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday lost one of his aides Umar Pariya.

Pariya died in Dubai. The cause of his death is yet to be disclosed.

“Umar Pariya was much more than a longstanding aide to me,” Atiku said in a tweet.

“He was incredibly loyal and qualified as a member of my family.”

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu said he was saddened by the news of Pariya’s death.

“I knew him very well. He was very cerebral,” Tinubu said.

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EFCC Collaborates With Interpol To Extradite Adoke

November 19, 2019 11:09 am

The federal government is working with Interpol to extradite the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), to face charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), THISDAY’s investigation has revealed.

A senior official of EFCC, who spoke with THISDAY in confidence in Abuja, gave an indication that the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) will fast-track all the necessary legal protocols to extradite him to Nigeria to face trial.

But reacting to Adoke’s arrest and detention in Dubai, UAE, in an interview with THISDAY, Chief …

Oshiomhole Didn’t Pay Salaries, Pensions In 18 LGs – SSG

November 19, 2019 2:56 am
Secretary to Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie, has said All Progressives Congress (APC), National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, left behind unpaid salaries of workers in 18 local government areas when he was governor. 

Ogie said this during a visit by a team of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Study Tour Course 42 at Government House, in Benin.

Representing Governor Godwin Obaseki, he said at the time Oshiomhole left office as governor, the 18 councils could also not pay pensions, adding that the reasons the local governments are indebted is due to the collection of taxes by non-state actors, who …

AMCON Reports 1,000 Chronic Debtors Owing ₦3.96tn

₦1bn Debt: AMCON Takes Over Ex-Minister’s Assets

November 19, 2019 2:50 am
Following the order of Hon. Justice Chuka Austine Obiozor of the Federal High Court, Lagos, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over two properties belonging to Mr Ademola Seriki, in Lagos and Abuja over an outstanding indebtedness of nearly ₦1billion. 

The case between AMCON and Seriki, a former Minister of State for Defence as well as a former Supervising Minister for Mines and Steel Development has lingered for a while  with the bad bank waiting for the obligor to pay up.

In a statement yesterday, AMCON said it does not in the first instance resort to the …

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